To not understand the point of, or why indeed people go on the programme 'Secret Eaters'.

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It's so formulaic. Person(s) claims not to understand how they've put on so much weight/can't lose any weight. Person claims to consume 1500 calories a day. Person is then secretly filmed (although not that secretly filmed cos they know they're being filmed cos they're on the program) and eats plates of food the size of another person. All day long. Person is then shown the "secret footage" and person displays suitable surprise (why? they are being filmed for the program. And surely they know how and what they are eating even when they're not being filmed, unless they were drugged and taken to a kebab shop against their will.) Person then understands where they are going wrong (eating massive amounts of food) and decides not to eat massive amounts of food anymore.

Really?

Fuck off.

I love this programme, along with supersize vs superskinny. Of course it's staged to some extent. It's really just a twist on the old 'put all the food you've eaten for a week on one table ' trick. It works every time for me.
I do think some people are in denial, or just plain ignorant about calories and portion control, and they do need to see it laid out in front of them.

Yanbu. It's an addiction. My fil, very clever man, thinks he eats healthily. He can't see that buying cakes every day is the reason he is considerably over weight. They don't seem to count. He also doesn't have that control switch that stops you from eating once you've had enough. He will have another huge helping of dessert, and again, can't see that contributes to his weight problem.